Figures provided for Legal Week's annual UK top 50 rankings show CMS, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Gowling WLG, Watson Farley & Williams and RPC all paid the partners at the bottom of
their equity less than a fifth of what their top earners received for 2015 - 16.
About 50 percent of respondents said capital availability was unchanged for both categories (50.4 percent for
equity and 45 percent for debt), while about
less than one -
fifth said capital was more widely available (13 percent for
equity, 17.5 percent for debt).